🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 8 months agoAnon buys a TV without researchingsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1imageAnon buys a TV without researchingsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 8 months agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squareZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoFirst rule of smart TVs: if you really have to buy a smart TV, then never connect it to the internet!
minus-squareZacryon@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoI’ve read at some other post that some smart TVs won’t work at all if you don’t connect it to the internet. Read with caution, I haven’t verified this.
minus-squareActers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoAmazon fire TV requires an Amazon account to use basic features and they intentionally tell you they lock “certain” features
minus-squarewinkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoBack to the store it goes then
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-28 months agoI’ve also heard people say that they’ll automatically connect to any open wifi networks. People make up a lot of stuff. Just don’t tell your display device how to send any 1s or 0s to any server outside your home, and you’ll be fine
minus-squareowl@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoImagine if they came with default ads prebundled in the firmware.
First rule of smart TVs: if you really have to buy a smart TV, then never connect it to the internet!
I’ve read at some other post that some smart TVs won’t work at all if you don’t connect it to the internet.
Read with caution, I haven’t verified this.
Amazon fire TV requires an Amazon account to use basic features and they intentionally tell you they lock “certain” features
Back to the store it goes then
I’ve also heard people say that they’ll automatically connect to any open wifi networks. People make up a lot of stuff. Just don’t tell your display device how to send any 1s or 0s to any server outside your home, and you’ll be fine
Imagine if they came with default ads prebundled in the firmware.